Ahhh I just can’t stay home anymore

[Anonymous]

Definitely not normal, and definitely stir crazy. When we feel we are about about crack we try to go out to eat at an outside place with the industrial heaters now that it has gotten cold, and take walks in new places/go to new playgrounds.

One of the things we did over the Christmas break was go to a cabin in a state park. It was cold, but as they say, there is no bad weather, only bad clothes. Lots of new/different walks, plus the best part: four new walls to look at. Seriously, playing games at a table in another kitchen not ours, sleeping in different beds not ours, building a big fire and making smores - felt like heaven.

[Anonymous]

Unvaxxed family and living life normally. Spent a week down south with family and everyone we were with has been vaccinated and came down with it the day we left. We’re all still negative. Can’t make this s*** up. But life is good!

[Anonymous]

We live a fairly normal life. Still do what we did before covid but with masks on etc. both parents vaxxed but not boosted and 2 unvaxed children. We just had covid over the winter break.

[Anonymous]

Kids had a cough all of winter break so we laid low, and now with the rampant spread of omicron, we are staying home in order to avoid catching it or some other cold virus and having to miss two weeks of school while DH and I try to work.

[Anonymous]

I don't care anymore about COVID, but important parts of the world still care, so I am forced to care a little bit because those entities can disrupt my life.

I need these folks to stop caring before I can truly get back to normal: Daycare, uptight family members, and countries' health authorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely not normal, and definitely stir crazy. When we feel we are about about crack we try to go out to eat at an outside place with the industrial heaters now that it has gotten cold, and take walks in new places/go to new playgrounds.

One of the things we did over the Christmas break was go to a cabin in a state park. It was cold, but as they say, there is no bad weather, only bad clothes. Lots of new/different walks, plus the best part: four new walls to look at. Seriously, playing games at a table in another kitchen not ours, sleeping in different beds not ours, building a big fire and making smores - felt like heaven.[/quote]

We did this in the early pandemic days and it was amazing. Highly recommend. We only went an hour or so away. And agree with you on no bad clothes! People scoff at me for still doing outdoor dining, but we wear our hiking layers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a massive meltdown yesterday. Kids have their first shot, second shot in two weeks, so that's good.

Now 3 weeks of kids at home (due to the weeklong snow school closures), plus working from home for more than 1.5 years now has really got me. I take the kids out all the time (playgrounds, hikes, skating) but I need more adult interaction. We saw my parents over the break but that didn't feel like "enough" especially because they didn't really want to do anything the whole time they were here. I feel like my friends have mostly disappeared, and the ones that remain - I'm not comfortable eating inside a restaurant and they're not the types to want to go for a hike or something outdoors. So?

My husband told me yesterday to plan a day out or a weekend away, but I'm not sure what I'd even do right now or who with.

I feel this. So tired of teleworking with my spouse and being around him constantly, I feel like friendships have all dried up as my single friends are back to YOLOing and going to bars and dining indoors and working out on gyms (many have had COVID breakthrough infections) and we don’t see each other because my little one is not eligible for vaccination and they don’t want to come see me outside around a nap schedule,
And we have little in common new - with my Covid precautions being a new point of difference between us. And with my mom
Friends it is impossible to get together with multiple kids and work schedules/nap schedules/weather/lack of bathrooms and changing tables at outdoor locales When everyone is well and no one has a cold or is quarantining. I look like I’ve aged a decade, feel like I have no friends anymore, bicker constantly with my spouse and kids, and want nothing more than a week at the beach alone. I’m so deeply fatigued and depressed from years of risk analysis to every aspect of my life, trying desperately to keep everyone healthy and productive and do my job from my living room,
And having little support. I feel like a shell of my old
Self and that I’ll never get back to who I used to be.

[Anonymous]

We are all vaccinated as of a month ago and we are not a high-risk household.

We don’t live life as normal, but we are not isolating as we did last year either. Here are the things we do: we traveled to spend the holidays with family and we’ll be traveling again to go skiing next month. Our kids have play dates with their school friends and we are seeing our vaccinated friends.

And these are the things we do not do (as of the last month): eating indoors (we were on the west coast for the holidays, where eating outdoors was still an option). We do not go to any crowded places. We don’t go anywhere, where we don’t know the other attendees/guests.

In sum, life is not back to normal, but this is pretty sustainable for us.

[Anonymous]

We are currently in isolation with COVID (suspect omicron as our symptoms have been mild, even the unvaccinated kids) and I am thrilled that we will be able to go back to relative normal after next week. It’s like my anxiety over COVID has evaporated. No more N/KN95s, no more fear about school illnesses, no more desperately trying to find rapid tests. We’re free!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are currently in isolation with COVID (suspect omicron as our symptoms have been mild, even the unvaccinated kids) and I am thrilled that we will be able to go back to relative normal after next week. It’s like my anxiety over COVID has evaporated. No more N/KN95s, no more fear about school illnesses, no more desperately trying to find rapid tests. We’re free!

I certainly hope you’re right, but I don’t understand why you think you’re “free” when so much is unknown about the virus and the situation is constantly changing. You know that many have had it multiple times, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care anymore about COVID, but important parts of the world still care, so I am forced to care a little bit because those entities can disrupt my life.

I need these folks to stop caring before I can truly get back to normal: Daycare, uptight family members, and countries' health authorities.

That's how I feel too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently in isolation with COVID (suspect omicron as our symptoms have been mild, even the unvaccinated kids) and I am thrilled that we will be able to go back to relative normal after next week. It’s like my anxiety over COVID has evaporated. No more N/KN95s, no more fear about school illnesses, no more desperately trying to find rapid tests. We’re free!

I certainly hope you’re right, but I don’t understand why you think you’re “free” when so much is unknown about the virus and the situation is constantly changing. You know that many have had it multiple times, right?

Seriously? Free?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normal? Not quite -- we're not dining indoors and we're avoiding indoor gatherings (other than school), but we're hardly staying home, either. We do lots of outdoor stuff -- hikes, sledding, skating, playgrounds, outdoor playdates -- and some indoor stuff (running errands, museums, etc.) with good masks. We travelled over the holidays but don't have any plans for the next month given the surge in cases and cancellations/disruptions.

That’s what we’re doing too.

We were out all day sledding. The kids play with friends all the time and we lead a full life. It’s more that it’s heavily curated towards outdoor activities and trips within driving distance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are currently in isolation with COVID (suspect omicron as our symptoms have been mild, even the unvaccinated kids) and I am thrilled that we will be able to go back to relative normal after next week. It’s like my anxiety over COVID has evaporated. No more N/KN95s, no more fear about school illnesses, no more desperately trying to find rapid tests. We’re free!

I certainly hope you’re right, but I don’t understand why you think you’re “free” when so much is unknown about the virus and the situation is constantly changing. You know that many have had it multiple times, right?

Pardon my light hearted language. I’m looking forward to not being aggressively concerned/anxious about COVID and my children for the next 2-3 months. For the first time in two years. Still feels great.

[Anonymous]

Not, not living life as normal. Not even close.